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UFC 103 takes place Sept. 19 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas and airs on pay-per-view.

Miller returns to the cage after a unanimous-decision win over MacDanzig at UFC 100. The one-time IFL fighter is now 3-1 in the UFC; his lone loss came to rising contender Gray Maynard in March at UFC 96. Tavares, meanwhile, looks for his first back-to-back UFC victories since his first two fights in the UFC in 2007. The American Top Team Top fighter recently rebounded from losses to Matt Wiman and Kurt Pellegrino with a unanimous-decision win over Manny Gamburyan at UFC 94 in January.

In a bout between octagon newcomers, Daley, a veteran of organizations such as Cage Rage and EliteXC, goes for his third straight win and his 10th victory in his past 12 bouts. The six-year pro now takes on Foster, a member of Matt Hughes’ H.I.T. Squad who owns a three-fight win streak. While fighting in organizations throughout the Midwest, the fighter has posted 10 stoppages (six knockouts and four submissions) in 10 career wins.

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